Christmas With Wartburg

Considering a lot of my time has been spent in Christmas With Wartburg rehearsals lately, I figured I better blog about them. So far I have mostly enjoyed these rehearsals. I have not enjoyed the amount of time they have taken out of my schedule, but actually being at rehearsal is nice because I get to hear the choirs. I am very impressed by them, as I am still used to hearing high school choirs. I haven't been able to make one of their concerts yet, so getting to hear them through this is really convenient and enjoyable. I also have a good amount of friends in the choirs, so it is nice to be able to support them by telling them how much I like their songs.

I also like being around the choirs because I used to be in choir in high school. I wasn't that great but did it mostly for fun, however, now I don't have the time to be in a vocal ensemble at Wartburg, especially with being involved in Wind Ensemble. I do miss singing a bit though, as it was a part of my life since fifth grade. It is just great to be around singers again during these rehearsals, especially when they are singing Christmas songs.

Besides being around the choirs, rehearsals haven't been as bad as I thought because I am used to long rehearsals like this. They remind me of being in the pit in my high school musical "Bye Bye Birdie." Being in the pit was pretty fun, but it did take up a lot of time. This is similar to Christmas With Wartburg, only I like it much more than the pit. At least with Christmas With Wartburg you are still "on stage" and not under the stage and hidden the whole time. Also, we get solo pieces, where in musical pit you usually play background/transitional music the whole time.

All in all the rehearsals aren't as bad as I thought. Everyone was saying how long and frustrating they would be with the choirs, but I don't believe it to be that bad, especially after working in my high school musical. I just hope the performances will show how hard we have been working, for it really does take a lot of work and coordination to put this together. Everything seems to be running fairly smoothly though, so I think it will go well. Hope to see you there!

Sarah